# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# KVP_jop_README.txt
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

Date: 		03-21-2016
Authors: 	Michael R. Kenwick and John Vasquez
Title: 		Defense Pacts and Deterrence: Caveat Emptor
Journal: 	The Journal of Politics
Contact:  	Michael R. Kenwick (mrk245@psu.edu)

Please contact us if you have any questions about the code

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# file folder contents
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

NOTE: 

This analysis uses replication files from:

Johnson, Jesse C. and Brett Ashley Leeds (2011) “Defense Pacts: A Prescription for Peace?” Foreign 
Policy Analysis 7 (1): 45-65.

These were accessed (most recently on 3-21-2016) using the following link:

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/18346 


DATA FILES:

Johnson&LeedsFPA.dta - Replication file from Johnson and Leeds (2011); see above. 
jl_fpa_mod.dta - Replication file containing new alliance variables contained in the analysis. 


REPLICATION FILES:

gen_vars.do - Generates variables for alliances from and formed after birth of directed dyad
models.do - Estimates models reported in main text and online appendix. 
models.log - Log file containing model output. 


